This is a forum for people who love horse-racing but love the horses too. We want to make sure that the racing industry puts the welfare and safety of the horses FIRST, despite the financial pressures within the industry that lead to over-breeding, racing the horses to the ground or sending them off to slaughter for a quick, easy and profitable disposal method. We are DEMANDING industry accountability through less breeding, more retirement funding & putting an end to racehorse slaughter.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A Google News search does not produce a story or even a brief mention of the fact military police were on hand at the Kentucky Derby to keep restless plebs in line. However, an Associated Press photograph, posted on the Yahoo! News website, shows two MPs in combat fatigues with side arms restraining a man at the derby.

Military police detain a fan who ran onto the track following the running of the 135th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs

Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Louisville, Ky.

"Military police detain a fan who ran onto the track following the running of the 135th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Louisville, Ky.," the photo caption reads.

The photo was also included in a slideshow on the _Yahoo! Sports_ (http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news?prov=ap&slug=ap-kentuckyderby&type=lgns) website, although the text of the article does not contain a mention of military police at the event.

"The military has NO BUSINESS policing the citizens except during extraordinarily exceptional times of national emergency by an executive order. This is very disturbing and completely un-American. Maybe even more disturbing is that no one seems to care how quietly and easily we have accepted the burgeoning police state," an article comment states.

Infowars has reported on numerous instances of military involvement with local law enforcement in violation of Posse Comitatus. In March, we reported on _U.S. Army troops dispatched to patrol the streets of Samson, Alabama, after a murder spree_ (http://www.infowars.com/army-times-reports-on-military-deployment-in-alabama/) .

On April 6, we reported on a _DHS, federal, state, Air Force, and local law enforcement checkpoint in Tennessee_ (http://www.infowars.com/massive-checkpoint-operation-in-tennessee-violated-posse-comitatus-fourth-amendment/) . On April 3, _Infowars_ (http://www.infowars.com/infowars-story-on-illegal-tennessee-checkpoint-prompts-action-by-governor/) was instrumental in the cancellation of a seatbelt checkpoint that was to be conducted in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and the 251st Military Police in Bolivar, Tennessee.

Last December, we reported on the Marine Corps Air and Ground Combat Center dispatching troops to work with police on checkpoints in in _San Bernardino County, California_ (http://www.infowars.com/marines-establish-military-presence-on-san-bernardino-california-roads/) .

On Aprill 22, _we reported_ (http://www.infowars.com/combat-support-battalion-deployed-to-maintain-public-order-at-boston-marathon/) the deployment of 400 National Guard Combat Support Battalion troops to "maintain public order" at the Boston Marathon. Last June, Infowars posted an article by _D. H. Williams_ (http://www.infowars.com/us-army-puts-soldiers-on-the-street-in-alabama-in-response-to-shootings/) of the Daily Newscaster reporting the deployment of 2,300 Marines in the city of Indianapolis under the direction of FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Prison Planet´s _Paul Joseph Watson_ (http://www.infowars.com/insane-cop-arrests-abc-news-reporter-for-filming-traffic-accident/) reported a story on April 22 covering the assault of a local television news team by an irate police officer in El Paso, Texas. A video taken by the news videographer shows uniformed soldiers working with police officers at the scene of a car accident. The presence of uniformed and armed military police at the Kentucky Derby is part of an ongoing campaign to acclimate the populace to the presence of soldiers at public events.

A Little Bit About Me'Self

Lifetime Student in school of Hard Knocks.Born in Troy NY home of UncleSam,FALLOUT Capital of the Nation(google"The Troy Incident")other places I called home; Tucson & Bullhead City, Az., Seattle,Wa.,Taos,Ojo Caliente &Santa Fe,NM, LasVegas,Searchlight,Goodsprings,Jean,& Laughlin,NV.,San Francisco, Ca.,Portland,Or.,just 2 name a few. Places I have worked are bars, horse & dog tracks and casinos, and, later in life,law firms & with lawyers. Now in retirement,I stay home & mind my little mini-farm. In my spare time I pretty much live vicariously through the wonders of the www. I guess you could say (ala Eddie Rabitt) that I am - bloggin my life away,....lookin for & workin towards a better day, ohhh yeah. But however you look at it, there aint no gettin' around it, I'm jus' an ole' x-hippy-chick, struggling ever "onward through the fog" of life,....still here, still standin,..still laughing, after all these crazy years, and whats more amazing yet, still with at least some functioning brain cells!(Though through absolutely no fault of my own. Thank U geezis or whatever powers that be!)